diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-geckos-beam.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-geckos-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41ee57d9b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-geckos-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+'example-app': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add configurable `scope` for oauth2 auth provider.
+
+Some OAuth2 providers require certain scopes to facilitate a user sign-in using the Authorization Code flow.
+This change adds the optional `scope` key to auth.providers.oauth2. An example is:
+
+```yaml
+auth:
+  providers:
+    oauth2:
+      development:
+        clientId:
+          $env: DEV_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID
+        clientSecret:
+          $env: DEV_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET
+        authorizationUrl:
+          $env: DEV_OAUTH2_AUTH_URL
+        tokenUrl:
+          $env: DEV_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL
+        scope: saml-login-selector openid profile email
+```
+
+This tells the OAuth 2.0 AS to perform a SAML login and return OIDC information include the `profile`
+and `email` claims as part of the ID Token.
diff --git a/app-config.yaml b/app-config.yaml
index 5240a050a8..02970f4b46 100644
--- a/app-config.yaml
+++ b/app-config.yaml
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ auth:
           $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_AUTH_URL
         tokenUrl:
           $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL
+        scope:
+          $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_SCOPE
     oidc:
       development:
         metadataUrl:
diff --git a/docs/auth/auth-backend-classes.md b/docs/auth/auth-backend-classes.md
index 424869196d..a99ca119f0 100644
--- a/docs/auth/auth-backend-classes.md
+++ b/docs/auth/auth-backend-classes.md
@@ -76,14 +76,16 @@ by also providing the `cert` configuration.
 
 ### Configuration
 
-Each authentication provider (except SAML) needs five parameters: an OAuth
-client ID, a client secret, an authorization endpoint, a token endpoint, and an
-app origin. The app origin is the URL at which the frontend of the application
-is hosted, and it is read from the `app.baseUrl` config. This is required
-because the application opens a popup window to perform the authentication, and
-once the flow is completed, the popup window sends a `postMessage` to the
-frontend application to indicate the result of the operation. Also this URL is
-used to verify that authentication requests are coming from only this endpoint.
+Each authentication provider (except SAML) needs six parameters: an OAuth client
+ID, a client secret, an authorization endpoint, a token endpoint, an optional
+list of scopes (as a string separated by spaces) that may be required by the
+OAuth2 Server to enable end-user sign-on, and an app origin. The app origin is
+the URL at which the frontend of the application is hosted, and it is read from
+the `app.baseUrl` config. This is required because the application opens a popup
+window to perform the authentication, and once the flow is completed, the popup
+window sends a `postMessage` to the frontend application to indicate the result
+of the operation. Also this URL is used to verify that authentication requests
+are coming from only this endpoint.
 
 These values are configured via the `app-config.yaml` present in the root of
 your app folder.
@@ -109,6 +111,18 @@ auth:
       development:
         clientId:
           $env:
+    oauth2:
+      development:
+        clientId:
+          $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID
+        clientSecret:
+          $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET
+        authorizationUrl:
+          $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_AUTH_URL
+        tokenUrl:
+          $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL
+        scope:
+          $env: AUTH_OAUTH2_SCOPE
     saml:
       entryPoint:
         $env: AUTH_SAML_ENTRY_POINT
diff --git a/packages/app/src/identityProviders.ts b/packages/app/src/identityProviders.ts
index 01828b1405..6f45f9ba32 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/identityProviders.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/identityProviders.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   samlAuthApiRef,
   microsoftAuthApiRef,
   oneloginAuthApiRef,
+  oauth2ApiRef,
   oidcAuthApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core';
 
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ export const providers = [
     message: 'Sign In using OpenId Connect',
     apiRef: oidcAuthApiRef,
   },
+  {
+    id: 'oauth2-auth-provider',
+    title: 'OAuth 2.0',
+    message: 'Sign In using OAuth 2.0',
+    apiRef: oauth2ApiRef,
+  },
   {
     id: 'google-auth-provider',
     title: 'Google',
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/config.d.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/config.d.ts
index 84f71b52b9..6d54ac5a3c 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/config.d.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@ export interface Config {
         development: { [key: string]: string };
       };
       oauth2?: {
-        development: { [key: string]: string };
+        development: {
+          clientId: string;
+          clientSecret: string;
+          callbackUrl: string;
+          authorizationUrl: string;
+          tokenUrl: string;
+          scope?: string;
+        };
       };
       oidc?: {
         development: { [key: string]: string };
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts
index 04cb7670f3..a44c4fb50b 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type PrivateInfo = {
 export type OAuth2AuthProviderOptions = OAuthProviderOptions & {
   authorizationUrl: string;
   tokenUrl: string;
+  scope?: string;
 };
 
 export class OAuth2AuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export class OAuth2AuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
         authorizationURL: options.authorizationUrl,
         tokenURL: options.tokenUrl,
         passReqToCallback: false as true,
+        scope: options.scope,
       },
       (
         accessToken: any,
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ export const createOAuth2Provider: AuthProviderFactory = ({
     const callbackUrl = `${globalConfig.baseUrl}/${providerId}/handler/frame`;
     const authorizationUrl = envConfig.getString('authorizationUrl');
     const tokenUrl = envConfig.getString('tokenUrl');
+    const scope = envConfig.getOptionalString('scope');
 
     const provider = new OAuth2AuthProvider({
       clientId,
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ export const createOAuth2Provider: AuthProviderFactory = ({
       callbackUrl,
       authorizationUrl,
       tokenUrl,
+      scope,
     });
 
     return OAuthAdapter.fromConfig(globalConfig, provider, {